Shinkman paul editor (3 risultati)
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Da: Ground Zero Books, Ltd., Silver Spring, MD, U.S.A.Ground Zero Books, Ltd.
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EUR 40,52
EUR 4,37 spedizioneSpedito in U.S.A.Quantità: 1 disponibili
Hardcover. Presumed first edition/first printing. 239, [1] p Illustrations. Occasional footnotes. Paul Shinkman chronicles an endless variety of adventures, and in doing so makes perceptive observations on life, art and human nature. The editor is the widow of Paul Shinkman. Very good in good dust jacket. Signed by author. DJ ha…s some wear, soiling, and tears/chips. Signed by Editor on half-title.
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Da: Ground Zero Books, Ltd., Silver Spring, MD, U.S.A.Ground Zero Books, Ltd.
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EUR 135,07
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Hardcover. Condizione: Very good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good. Presumed First Edition, First printing. 239, [1] pages. Footnotes. Illustrations. The editor was Paul Shinkman's widow. Inscribed by the editor on the half title page. The inscription reads For Frances--it was such a joy to see you at the French Embassy. Affection…ate good wishes, Betty. Easter 1993. The dust jacket has some wear, soiling, chips and tears. Contains "An Introductory Note by Kay Boylel". Paul Shinkman was a reporter Chicago City News Bureau, 1920-1921, Paris edition of the Chicago Tribune, 1924-1926; Paris correspondent Italian Mail. Chicago Tribune correspondent in Paris, 1927, London, 1927-1929. He covered Lindbergh's and Amelia Earhart's transatlantic flights, prayer book debate in the House of Commons, funeral of Thomas Hardy in Westminster Abbey, enthronement of COMs Language, Canterbury Cathedral, as Archbishop of Canterbury. Returned to the United States, 1929. He was on the Editorial staff King Features Syndicate, 1929-1938. He was a New York correspondent Central Press Association. Radio commentator 2 seasons The Story Behind the News. Roving correspondent International News Service, Central Europe, summer 1938. He lectured on European problems leading to World World World War II, 1938-1942. Chief, German section, Daily Report, United States Foreign Broadcast Intelligence Service, 1942-1944. He served with the Office of War Information 1944-1946. Radio news commentator Station BCC, Washington, 1946-1951. He was a Foreign service officer, Vienna, Austria, 1951-1953 Elizabeth Benn Shinkman was an author and collector of children's books who during World War II founded the Dogwood Children's Library in Bethesda. Mrs. Shinkman, a longtime resident of Washington, moved to the nation's capital in 1942 with her husband. With wartime gasoline rationing in effect, many suburban families could not drive to public libraries so she organized a large neighborhood collection of books to be shared. In this period, she also published a collection of children's poems titled, "Is This Tomorrow?" She was born in London and graduated from Reedman College. In 1935, she married Paul A. Shinkman who had been London bureau chief for the Chicago Tribune. In the early 1950s, she accompanied him on a Foreign Service assignment to Austria. After her husband's death she published a collection of his articles and drawings under the title "So Little Disillusion." About 10 years ago, she published her own memoirs, "The Most Estimable Place and Time." She was a collector of first editions of children's books . Kay Boyle (February 19, 1902 - December 27, 1992) was an American novelist, short story writer, educator, and political activist. A member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters, in addition to her two O. Henry Awards, she received two Guggenheim Fellowships and in 1980 received the National Endowment for the Arts fellowship for "extraordinary contribution to American literature over a lifetime of creative work".
Editore: Ablex Publishing Corporation (1988), Norwood, 1988
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Da: Expatriate Bookshop of Denmark, Svendborg, DanimarcaExpatriate Bookshop of Denmark
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EUR 62,13
EUR 59,00 spedizioneSpedito da Danimarca a U.S.A.Quantità: 1 disponibili
orig.cloth Minor rubbing, some page-edge soil, VG. Textual graphs & charts 23x15cm, viii, 286 pp Contains 5 papers. Includes: P. Grobstein "On Beyond Neuronal Specificity: Problems in Going from Cells to Networks & from Networks to Behaviors"; N. E.Berman & B.E. Payne "Development & Plasticity of Visual Interhemispheric Connecti…ons"; C.K.Peck "Visual Re-Arrangement & Plasticity: Adaptation to Rotation & Inversion of Visual Input"; B. Timney "The Development of Depth Perception"; D.E. Mitchell "Animal Models of Human Strabismis Amblyopia: Some Observations Concerning the Interpretation of the Effects of Surgically & Optically Induced Strabismus in Cats & Monkeys". Minor rubbing, some page-edge soil, VG.
